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Unit 5 Vocab Words
Term | Definition |
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Revenue | Incoming money from taxes or other sources |
Writ of assistance | Court document allowing customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods |
Resolution | An official expression of opinion by a group |
Effigy | A mocking figure representing an unpopular individual |
Boycott | To refuse to buy items in order to show disapproval or force acceptance of one's terms |
Repeal | to cancel and act or law |
Rebellion | Open defiance of authority |
Propaganda | Ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help cause |
Committee of correspondence | An organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies |
Minuteman | During revolutionary Era, civilian sworn to be ready to fight with only one minute notice |
Loyalist | American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence |
Patriot | American colonists who favored american independence |
Petition | A formal request |
Preamble | The introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written |